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The ESOL Program will be monitored by the SCDE this year. This is an opportunity to show what a great job you have been doing. The Monitoring Instrument is located here.
Program Overview
Jasper County has a wonderfully diverse population of English Language Learners (ELL) students in the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program. This year over 700 students from several countries representing many cultures are enrolled in 5 JCSD public schools. 6 teachers and 1 paraprofessional provides services for these students. The students learn the English language through balanced literacy approach to language acquisition as they study not just English, but science, social studies and math. We focus on all content areas in the ESOL curriculum. The ESOL staff is as talented and diverse as the student population they serve. The ESOL Program is also supported by Spanish Speaking Parent Liaisons who are conduits between the schools and the parents of the ESOL students. 99% of the students enrolled in the JCSD ESOL program are of Hispanic descent. The dedicated group of JCSD ESOL teachers works with children in school, at home and after school to ensure that language skills continue to progress and that the lines of communication with parents remain open. In addition, JCSD in partnership with Adult Education is offering adult evening classes for the parents of our students and focus on establishing and maintaining positive relationships between parents, teachers and all school personnel. Best Practices
It is the philosophy of the JCSD ESOL teaching staff that ELL students should learn to communicate in English in a variety of modes within a wide range of cultural settings or situations. JCSD is therefore committed to educational excellence and continuous academic achievement for all English Language Learners and promotes ESOL instruction through content learning. This empowers students to meet the rigorous demands of the South Carolina curriculum by incorporating sound methodology with a curriculum aligned to the standards to maximize student learning. The goal of the ESOL program is for students to exit the program at a high proficiency level with the ability to understand and adapt to different cultures and become productive members of society. The current method of instruction is the pull-out model in the elementary and middle schools. Students remain in regular classes for most of the day except for the time period spent with the ESOL teacher. ESOL teachers communicate regularly with classroom teachers to plan, modify instruction, and make the appropriate accommodations for the ELL student. At the high school level, students receive classes for credit that count as Carnegie units towards graduation. The courses are content based and integrate reading, writing, listening, and speaking in a variety of content areas. Linguistically and culturally ELL students face many challenges everyday in order to achieve. The role of the ESOL teacher in facilitating this process is a critical one. The successful ELL student in JCSD will be well prepared to meet the challenges of a changing technologically powered world. |
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